little johnny

scano

out of curiosity kept or released? I'm not phased either way as it's not as if you have a photo showing you pillaged these things, just curious. I presume from the location and the distance from the water it was kept as it would of had to have been gaffed

doubleheader_king

From what I've learnt from talking to fisheries, other people etc. Mulloway release extremely bad, with most tagged fish from the swan washing up on the bank. It was gaffed and gut hooked so kept it, fairly good on the chew and the frame and head are shark bait. Had plenty of donuts before this, realised I had to be fishing the right moon phases, time of day and tides. Since figuring it out between a mate and I we've got two in two trips.

ranmar850

I have a mate who has been tagging them from the beach up here for many years, lots of recaptures. And they literally tagged them in the hundreds around the jetty up here last year, 6/0 circles meant there were very few gut hooked. There will always be those who will tell you that released fish "don't survive", just pushing their desire to kill everything they catch. Do you use circles? 8/0 and 9/0 circles are perfect for big mulloway, and have a better hook-up rate than anything else,and, due to mostly hooking in the corner of the mouth, less loss due to teeth wear on leader. Anyway, not judging you, great catch from the metro river.

If any depth is involved, totally different story--they just blow up every time, worse than jewies.